I was active in the cathedral for years but no longer feel welcome in my own church. You quote old words of Pope Francis but fail to mention his recent less harsh words reminding us not to be so quick to pass judgment. Don't tell me you love me and then deprive me of my sexuality.

I owe a good educational foundation to catholic grade school, but the one subject priests lack credibility about is sexuality. The Catholic church can hardly "throw the first stone" lest I remind you of the church's vast sex scandal.

You're obligated to advise Catholics. I fail to see why you try to bully your way into the political spectrum and fight against others marrying in churches that support marriage equality. You realize that this attitude that your church is so superior to other churches sets back the ecumenical movement a hundred years and completely disenfranchises your own LGBT members.